Chapter 12 Section 12 Pumpkin

Pumpkins are a worldwide melon. On Halloween in the United States, pumpkins are carved into ghosts or made into jack-o-lanterns. Chinese people introduced Christmas and Valentine’s Day, but did not introduce Halloween. Is it because there are not enough pumpkins?Christmas is just going to a bar to drink, and Valentine’s Day is still to go to a bar to drink, and celebrate the festival in the form of drinking. There are all Chinese local festivals.Well, Halloween does not introduce worth mentioning. I loved fireflies when I was young, but fireflies are the nemesis of pumpkins.Buried the pumpkin seeds in the soil, poured water a few times, two petals of small buds poked out, and then the leaves also opened up, as if embracing the morning sun, at this time fireflies came to eat it, and a few fireflies could eat the pumpkin The leaves are numb, but the fireflies are afraid of the smell of burnt eggshells. One of my tasks is to roast some eggshells, put a stick on the pumpkin seedlings, and buckle the burnt eggshells. A canopy, or angler's parasol.With this protection, the fireflies will not come near. When the pumpkin grows vines and the leaves are bigger than a palm, the fireflies will not be afraid of eating them. Everyone wants to live on.

The pumpkin blooms, with a large number of male flowers, which are yellow and very beautiful, and can also be eaten.There are two ways to eat pumpkin flowers.One is stir-frying, wash the pumpkin flowers, stir-fry them in a hot pan, thicken the gravy to collect the juice, this pumpkin flower is soft and sweet, sometimes I think it is too sweet, a little greasy, sometimes I want to eat it , a ray of nostalgia rises in my heart; the other is to steam the rice noodles wrapped in pumpkin flowers with flower stalks and dry them in the sun. The shape reminds me of the long skirts of Korean girls, so they are fried. The extremely crisp flower slices still have the sweetness and aroma of pumpkin flowers.Pumpkin flowers must also be placed in the seven-compartment plate. Some people choose small pumpkin flowers, so they are easy to place. It has a light yellow color and a layer of powder on the outside, which is burnt and crispy.Whether people in Suichuan City eat it or not, I didn’t know it back then, and I don’t know now. People in Zuo’an Town eat it. They go to fairs on February 48th, at least they can eat it in teahouses, but I was not qualified when I was young. When I went to teahouses, I was only qualified to listen. At that time, I was most looking forward to growing up. I never worried about getting old or thinking about losing weight. It is said that my neck was like a giraffe when I was young.

Fireflies also eat pumpkin flowers, and they often stay around the stamens. Therefore, I caught fireflies on a whim, so I went to find pumpkin flowers, pinched the edge of the petals with my right hand, and cut off the flower stem with my left hand. Several fireflies had already entered the urn. Go under the mosquito net and bottle them up. Pumpkin is a good thing, Chinese people don't pay attention to it.Pumpkin belongs to Cucurbitaceae Cucurbita, an annual vine herb, divided into three categories: Chinese pumpkin, American pumpkin (zucchini) and Indian pumpkin (bamboo squash).Chinese pumpkin is sweet and warm in nature, nourishes the middle and nourishes qi, dehumidifies and eliminates insects. It can be fried, stewed or boiled. Pumpkin seeds are good for men.When I was young, I ate dried pumpkin, sliced ​​the pumpkin, steamed it and dried it. It tasted sweet, tough and very chewy.The tender seedlings and petioles of pumpkin can be fried and eaten, the taste is astringent and green.I like to eat small pumpkins as big as tennis balls. I secretly picked a few pumpkins from the garden and brought them back in my trouser pocket. I cut them into shreds and served them with shredded red and green peppers. Sweet, soft aftertaste.